Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:58:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Cc: terry@lambert.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org, darrenr@cyber.com.au Subject: Re: dump for MS-DOS partitions. Message-ID: <199703252158.OAA25877@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199703250159.RAA11475@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> from "Jason Thorpe" at Mar 24, 97 05:59:25 pm
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> > Curious: why aren't they using it as a prefix instead of a suffix? It > > would seem to make more sense as a prefix, for all sorts fo string > > manipulation reasons, including argv[ 0] and _ replacement with 0 > > for string split issues... > > > > Is it just that SVR4 does it with prefixes, and NIH rules? > > ....there was already a (weak) precendent in BSD for suffixes... c.f. > "newlfs". > > Of course, I don't recall checking what SVR4 did, either. It's > not clear that it matters that much. Really? Which do you prefer? The list to show by command? % ls /sbin/fs clri_cd9660 clri_ffs clri_kernfs clri_lfs clri_mfs clri_msdos clri_nfs clri_null clri_portal clri_procfs clri_umap clri_union dump_cd9660 dump_ffs dump_kernfs dump_lfs dump_mfs dump_msdos dump_nfs dump_null dump_portal dump_procfs dump_umap dump_union ... Or the list to show by fs? % ls /sbin/fs cd9660_clri cd9660_dump cd9660_fsck cd9660_fstyp cd9660_mount cd9660_newfs cd9660_restore cd9660_umount ffs_clri ffs_dump ffs_fsck ffs_fstyp ffs_mount ffs_newfs ffs_restore ffs_umount ... If I had my way, it'd look like: % ls -R /sbin/fs cd9660 ffs kernfs lfs mfs msdos nfs null portal procfs umap union /sbin/fs/cd9660: clri dump fsck fstyp mount newfs restore umount /sbin/fs/ffs: clri dump fsck fstyp mount newfs restore umount ... If I want to add a new FS, I add /sbin/fs/$(NAME) and /lkm/$(NAME)_mod.o and it all just works. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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